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Adding Family And Friends To My Cloud Using MyCloud.com

Answer ID 16296

My Cloud Learning Center

Family and friends can become ‘users’ of a My Cloud. Each family member or friend will have their own password protected ‘Share’ to store and access files. To add family or friends and give them access to store and access files on a My Cloud, following these steps:

From a Computer:

Log into www.mycloud.com with a MyCloud.com account

Click on the SIGN INTO YOUR DEVICE (located on the right of the screen)

Click on the ‘gear icon’ to bring up the devices dialogue box

Click on ‘Manage users’

Click ‘Add user’ and enter the following information for the person you would like to grant access to the My Cloud

First Name

Last Name

Email address

Confirm email address

Device username

Click done

The new user will receive an email with instructions on how to confirm their email address and a link to connect to MyCloud.com with access

From the My Cloud mobile application:

Launch the My Cloud application

Access the My Cloud app menu by swiping right on the edge of the screen

For the device you would like to add a user to, tap on the ‘gear’ icon

Tap on the Users option

Tap on the Add user option

Enter the new users first name and email address

That user will receive an email with instructions on how to create their account

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